Toolbox - My Health Roadmap

Case Study: Toolbox Blood Test Lowers Triglycerides

“I know I’m healthier, and I didn’t have to buy expensive prescriptions! I appreciate the information and direction I received from the My Health Toolbox Team.” — Andy L.

The Individual:

Andy L., an executive at a medium sized business, who never seemed to have time to exercise or eat right.

The Challenge:

In 2008, Andy took an initial baseline blood test and noticed one of his biomarkers – triglycerides - was well outside of normal range. He didn’t really know what triglycerides were until he consulted the My Health Roadmap blood test summary. Andy discovered triglycerides were the amount of fat in a person’s blood cells and that they could have an adverse impact on his heart. Andy also discovered that the “normal” triglyceride levels were supposed to be 150 or below and his were at 212.

The Solution:

Andy consulted the My Health team and validated the information with his doctor. The suggested regimen was to do more exercise, eat a better diet and take three Omega 3 Fish Oil capsules as well as 3 capsules of Pantethine daily. After 6 months, he had his blood tested again. “I wish I could say over those 6 months I exercised more and changed my diet, but I didn’t”. However, Andy did continue taking the Fish Oil capsules and Pantethine, and his triglycerides dropped exactly 100 points, to 112.

The Benefit:

Andy stayed on the regimen for another 6 months and when he took the blood test again his triglycerides were down to 78! “I have no other reason to explain the great results with my triglycerides than the natural solution of Fish Oil and Pantethine. I know I’m healthier, and I didn’t have to buy expensive prescriptions! I appreciate the information and direction I received from the My Health Team.”

Measure Your Risks

Our health and wellness plan is convenient, confidential and will not impact your company’s underwriting. Program participants can easily identify growing health issues with confidential reports. Additionally, My Health team members can provide assistance and referrals to specially selected integrative medical practitioners who treat the causes as well as symptoms.

Employers receive aggregate data reports detailing the conditions that affect company employees as a group and how these impact their bottom line in terms of absenteeism, sick leave, etc.

Early Detection of Health Conditions

My Health Toolbox is the first nationwide, comprehensive wellness program designed specifically for small to medium-sized businesses.

My Health Toolbox provides:

pH test, to determine your body’s pH level
Blood tests to monitor 48 different blood characteristics
The nation’s most comprehensive, confidential Personal Wellness Profile (PWP) TM
Personal health coach referrals (optional)
Researched information providing low-cost, “best-of-class” and easily implemented solutions
Summaries on the latest health care innovations
Productivity and Economic Benefits Report (PEBR) detailing potential savings

Have a My Health Professional Contact You.

FAQ

Call to Lower Your Health Care Costs: 1.877.701.8686

FAQs

| General

Question: What is My Health Roadmap (MHR)?

Answer: My Health Roadmap is America's most comprehensive suite of wellness products, designed especially for small businesses. It is dedicated to helping employees live healthy lives while providing an exceptional return on the health care investment made by employers.

Question: Who can participate in My Health Roadmap?

Answer: All full- and part-time employees of any sized company, plus their spouses and dependants (18 years and older).

Question: Where is My Health Roadmap offered?

Answer: My Health Roadmap products are offered in all 50 states.

Question: When can my company participate?

Answer: Participation in My Health Roadmap can start at any time.

Question: Is it three separate products, or do I have to buy all three?

Answer: My Health Roadmap is currently comprised of three different products, and companies can participate in one or all three – whatever works best for them. The products are:

My Health Toolbox (which tests for and identifies certain medical conditions)
My Health Research (which provides cutting-edge information and options for medical conditions)
My Health Prescription (which reduces company prescription drug cost outlays).

Question: Are My Health Roadmap products purchased by the employer or by the employee?

Answer: My Health Roadmap products are purchased by the employer.

Question: How much do the My Health Roadmap products cost?

Answer: To learn more about My Health Roadmap pricing and how these products can save your company money, please contact a Toolbox team member at info@myhealthroadmap.com or 1-877-701-8686.

Question: What makes My Health Roadmap unique from other products on the market?

Answer: My Health Roadmap products are unique because they are developed for small businesses as a cost effective alternative (or supplement) to expensive health care insurance. Our products are the nation's only integrative health and wellness solutions, and are based on the 3–M's of basic health care; Measure, Mitigate and Manage. My Health Roadmap products focus on helping employees detect health conditions early on and provide options, which are considered "best–in–class", for treatment of these conditions.

Question: Will you be offering new products in the future?

Answer: Yes. Bookmark our website (www.myhealthroadmap.com) or contact a Toolbox team member at 1-877-701-8686 to check on our new affordable options designed specifically to help you contain costs and maximize employee wellness..

FAQs

| My Health Prescription

Question: What is the My Health Prescription Program?

Answer: A proven method of reducing your company’s prescription drug costs while improving the overall health and productivity of employees.

Question: You mean it has proven results?

Answer: Yes. Companies which have participated in this program have seen their prescription drug costs drop by half the ($25 pepm [per employee per month]( compared to national formularies ($45).

Question: How much does participation in the program cost?

Answer: $5 per employee per month (pepm), with a minimum one-year commitment.

Question: When can my company participate?

Answer: Whenever it wishes.

FAQs

| Sequence of Services

Evaluate

My Health Prescription Program administrators will work with you and your Prescription Benefit Manager (PBM) in evaluating your current prescription drug benefits program.

Recommend

We’ll then issue a report which recommends which prescription drugs should be de–listed from (or listed on) your formulary, and why. We’ll also provide you with information you can provide employees who might be affected by formulary plan changes.

Implement

My Health Prescription Program administrators and your PBM (or our recommended PBM, if you prefer) will craft a new formulary, compose notification letters and educational materials (and send them, if you prefer) and prepare you for any appeals which may be submitted.

Report

My Health Prescription Program administrators will issue quarterly and annual reports which measure the baseline and progress/savings of your new formulary.

FAQs

| Participating in the My Health Research and Assistance Program

Question: How are employees notified of formulary plan changes?

Answer: Via a notification letter and educational materials accompanying the notification letter. Educational materials may include Superior Options documents, Consumer’s Guides and Self-Test Guides.

Question: What if the employee and/or their doctor feels they should continue taking a drug de-listed from the formulary?

Answer: Individuals can appeal a drug’s delisted status and seek its coverage in certain cases. In such appeals, we ask physicians to provide details on why a particular drug is essential in not just treating the symptoms, but also the causes of adverse medical conditions. We also ask doctors to provide information on other treatments used – including diet, exercise and supplementation – which are considered safe. In other words, we need an assurance that every safe, effective method possible has been exhausted before granting appeals on drugs which carry a history of known side effects. Appeals based on these criteria are often granted.

FAQs

| What if...

Question: ...if an employee terminates or quits?

Answer: Participation in the My Health Prescription Program ends upon employee resignation or termination. However, they are free to keep the informational materials they obtained as a participant.

Question: ...I have further questions about the My Health Research and Assistance Program?

Answer: Please visit My Health Roadmap or contact My Health Prescription Program administrators at 1.877.701.8686.

FAQs

| Financial

Question: How are the payments made?

Answer: We will invoice the company $5 pepm for all services provided.

FAQs

| General Questions

Question: Is the Health Care Toolbox an employee benefit?

Answer: No. It is not tied at all to any benefits program, and is being made available to any company regardless of their benefit offerings. It is a pre-paid wellness program -- a service employers can provide their employees and their immediate family members.

Question: Who can participate in the Health Care Toolbox?

Answer: All full- and part-time employees, their spouses and dependants (16 years old and older).

Question: How much does participation in the Health Care Toolbox cost?

Answer: $150 per participant

Question: Does the $150 participant fee cover doctors' visits, supplements, supplies, etc?

Answer: No. Employees pay for doctor's consultations, non-Toolbox tests, services, supplies, supplements and other materials purchased by the employee on their own.

Question: When can my company participate?

Answer: Whenever it wishes, as frequently as it wishes. We recommend at least twice a year. That level of frequency means employees will have timely information about such things as their cholesterol, blood pressure and glucose levels -- as well as their overall health -- and allow them to take corrective measures in a proactive manner, if necessary.

FAQs

| Sequence of Services

PHASE 1: REGISTER (THREE WEEKS)

Employers are sent informational packets about the Health Care Toolbox. Employees (and their spouses and dependents 16+; also known as "participants") can then complete either online or hard–copy registration forms, which are sent to Health Care Toolbox administrators for processing.
Participants are sent confirmation of their registration via e–mail or hard copy.

PHASE 2: TEST (SIX WEEKS)

Along with their confirmation notification, participants receive:

A pH test, which can be completed anytime at home, providing basic information on the participant's pH balance.
A web address and temporary username and password enabling them to complete an online Health Risk Assessment (or HRA; hard copy HRAs are available upon request). HRAs should be completed within two weeks.

Based on the number of registrants, Health Checks (combined blood pressure screenings and blood draws) are scheduled to be held at the work site approximately one month after all participants have registered.
After the Health Checks are completed, Health Care Toolbox administrators receive each participant's Health Check results and integrates that data into the completed HRAs.

PHASE 3: GET INFORMED (2–3 WEEKS)

Health Care Toolbox administrators then print the individual HRA reports and blood test results and send them to each participant in sealed, confidential envelopes.
All online HRA reports can be archived online and accessed anytime by participants using their username and password. Future HRAs can be compared alongside previous ones for tracking of progress.
Concurrently, Health Care Toolbox administrators will produce a "Productivity and Economic Benefits" report by location (as well as company–wide) summarizing the risk factors exhibited by participants, as well as an estimate on the amount of money saved in lost productivity, absenteeism, etc. by adopting healthy lifestyle habits.
Participants are sent basic information about the top health conditions plaguing Americans, including (but not limited to) health coach referrals, newsletters, superior options documents and Hyperhealth reports.
Shortly after all participants have received their reports, a Health Care Toolbox Health Coach will hold a one–hour "Lunch 'n Learn" at the workplace to answer questions about blood tests, Health Risk Assessments, etc. as well as address the most significant conditions plaguing the client company.

PHASE 4: IMPLEMENT

Participants then implement the recommendations mentioned in Phase 3 ("Get Informed"). This may include diet, exercise, sleep and supplementation suggestions.

PHASE 5: RE–TEST (6 MONTHS TO ONE YEAR LATER)

Participants then re–enroll for a renewed round of testing, enabling them to obtain updated biometric, blood, pH and HRA data.
Based on new data, participants can make needed lifestyle adjustments based on the Phase 3 ("Get Informed") information sent to them.

FAQs

| What If...

Question: ...a participant can't attend the worksite Health Check, or they work in a remote location?

Answer: Please inform your Health Care Toolbox administrators. They will make arrangements for the participant to receive all Health Check offerings.

Question: ...if an employee terminates or quits?

Answer: Participation in the Health Care Toolbox ends upon employee resignation or termination. However, they are free to keep the informational materials they obtained as a participant.

Question: ...I want to share My Health Care Toolbox test results with my doctor?

Answer: Please, by all means, do so! If you do not have a doctor, we encourage you to contact a Health Care Toolbox administrator, who will help you locate one in your area. These medical professionals will often spend more time with you than a regular doctor, and will focus on treating the causes, not just the symptoms, of your medical conditions(s).

Question: ...I have further questions about the Health Care Toolbox?

Answer: Please visit www.myhealthroadmap.com or contact Health Care Toolbox administrators at 1.877.701.8686.

FAQs

| Privacy

Question: Will the employer ever see employee medical data?

Answer: Never. We take great precautions to ensure only the participant knows about their health conditions. Health Care Toolbox and the employer may choose to obtain general information about health conditions in the company (to aid in selecting content for health communication pieces, as well as for the company's Productivity and Economic Benefits Report), but this information does not contain names, birthdates or any other identifiable information.

FAQs

| Financial

Question: How are the payments made?

Answer: We will invoice the company for all services provided.

Question: What are the tax impacts of this program?

Answer: Because the Health Care Toolbox is not a benefit plan or insurance (it is an employer pre-paid wellness program), it is not taxable to the employee, and is a tax deduction for the client.

FAQs

| General Questions

Question: What is the My Health Research and Assistance Program?

Answer: A program which provides you with a treasure trove of resources focused on resolving medical symptoms, written without bias or undue influence and designed with consumers in mind. Consider it your personal health and medical research assistant, who is able to cut through the maze of medical jargon and bogus claims and zero in on proven medical treatments for any condition under the sun.

Question: Is this an employee benefit?

Answer: No. It is not tied at all to any benefits program, and is being made available to any company regardless of their benefit offerings. It is a service employers can provide their employees and their immediate family members.

Question: Who can participate in the My Health Research and Assistance Program?

Answer: All full- and part-time employees, their spouses and dependants (16 years old and older).

Question: How much does participation in the program cost?

Answer: $4 per employee per month (pepm), with a minimum one-year commitment.

Question: Does the $4 pepm fee cover doctors' visits, supplements, supplies, etc?

Answer: No. Employees pay for doctor's consultations, tests, services, supplies, supplements and other materials purchased by the employee on their own.

Question: When can my company participate?

Answer: Whenever it wishes.

FAQs

| Summary of Services

Question: Lunch 'n Learns

Answer: Held at your worksite, these free, hour-long brown-bag luncheons can be promoted and opened up to not only employees, but also family members and corporate clients, enabling them to become better informed about common-sense, cutting-edge health strategies in a fun, proactive environment.

Question: Superior Options

Answer: Documents which provide you the most recent, leading-edge research focused on treating the causes of common medical conditions - not just the symptoms.

Question: Foundation Health Forum newsletters

Answer: Newsletters designed to help you easily detect health issues, and treat them with natural methods.

Question: Food and Drink Guidelines

Answer: Customized, personalized reports detailing what foods and drinks to avoid, reduce or emphasize in your daily diet.

Question: HyperHealth Reports

Answer: In-depth, well-referenced reports on any medical condition on the planet, detailing the causes of the condition, what treatments work and which do not.

FAQs

| Participating in the My Health Research and Assistance Program

Question: I have a certain medical condition I want to learn more about, but don't want to tell anyone else (including my employer).

Answer: Only you and My Health Research and Assistance Program administrators will know what information you have requested, and what information has been sent to you.

Question: My spouse (or dependent 16+) has an adverse medical condition? Can this program help them, too?

Answer: Yes. Once you are enrolled by your employer, My Health Research and Assistance Program administrators will work with you in researching effective treatments for your spouse or dependent 16+ with an adverse medical condition.

Question: How do I get this assistance?

Answer: Simply e-mail My Health Research and Assistance Program administrators at research@myhealthroadmap.com, or call them Monday through Friday (holidays excluded) at 1.877.701.8686 Mountain Time.

FAQs

| What if...

Question: ...if an employee terminates or quits?

Answer: Participation in the My Health Research and Assistance Program ends upon employee resignation or termination. However, they are free to keep the informational materials they obtained as a participant.

Question: ...I want to share My Health Research and Assistance Program information with my doctor?

Answer: Please, by all means, do so! If you do not have a doctor, we encourage you to contact a My Health Research and Assistance Program administrator, who will help you locate one in your area. These medical professionals will often spend more time with you than a regular doctor, and will focus on treating the causes, not just the symptoms, of your medical conditions(s).

Question: ...I have further questions about the My Health Research and Assistance Program?

Answer: Please visit www.myhealthroadmap.com or contact My Health Research and Assistance Program administrators at 1.877.701.8686.

FAQs

| Financial

Question: How are the payments made?

Answer: We will invoice the company $4 pepm for all services provided.